Pierre
LAURENT dit LAVIOLETTE
(b.
abt. 1675
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d.
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Pierre LAURENT dit LAVIOLETTE was born abt. 1675
Pierre LAURENT dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Catherine TESSIER 7 September 1700 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine TESSIER was born 26 June 1669 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 26 June 1709 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Catherine was the child of Pierre TESSIER (BESSIER) and Catherine VARIN.
son of Pierre Laurent and Marie-Anne Poirier
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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